go-fast and try-hard are commodities, even in professional athletes. the difference between the top athletes in the NFL and mid-tier athletes in the NFL is so minute, the will to win is what sets apart the good players from the great players.
"Dulak" wrote:
:) this is the reason I love the movie Rudy ... his part in the movie is an inspiration for everyone
"bozz_2006" wrote:
Off topic But.
I had lunch with The Real Rudy a while back.... I know him well. He is a speaker on the speaking tour and was in Vancouver speaking at the BC Lions Kick Off Dinner and season ticket push.
He is one persistent son of a bitch. He never quits, even today and it is almost to the point of being annoying. A few years back I was in Vegas and he was showing me the plans for his new home he was building in Vegas.
Very arrogant... Very conceited... But, you still have to admire the guy.
He really is 4 foot nothing... and he talks like he is punch drunk. You would never know the guy has a degree from Notre Dame.
Perhaps he took way too many hits on the practice squad at N.D.
In Case you want to know.... Rudy ended up making NOTHING from that movie. NOTHING.
He hired several writers to help him put the screen play together over the years and hired people to sell it to Hollywood.. It was rejected over and over again... Years of rejection. Notre Dame originally did not want the Movie made.... But eventually he put it all together.
After the movie was a hit.... Every writer he hired over the years ended up suing him for royalties.. With his legal costs and such... Left him-with nothing for the movie as he did not hire lawyers or an agent in negotiations with the producers.
He is now on the speaking tour... Makes $10 to 15 grand (he askes for 20K for keynote but he can be had for 10-15.) for an appearance and writes children's books. The books are actually very good.
ONE THING YOU MAY FIND INTERESTING... Is that Dan Devine was very supportive of letting him start and knew the value of giving him one play on the field... Devine actually used him to motivate the team in the game against Georgia Tech.
Hollywood changed the facts to make it more "Hollywood."
He told me Dan Devine was a great guy.
I also asked him if Dan Devine ever talked about his dog in Green Bay.
He did not know what I was talking about.
http://premierespeakers.com/rudy_ruettiger RP
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